The Start Up Guide – Ideas (July 2017)

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Niches Ideas from the Automobile IndustryOne of the most profitable niche ideas is to start a business related to the automobile industry.This ought to generate profits no matter what the economic situation is. So what niches ideas are included in this category?
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Consignment/Used Clothing (e.g. the amount of money in yearly savings, and how much it adds up over-time, talk about what the best items are to buy, and be on the lookout for)

Men’s Suits (e.g. casual vs professional, bowties vs. ties, types of suits to wear on many different occasions, how to properly dress from head to toe)

Custom T-Shirts (e.g. ideas of how and where they can be made, what their uses are, why customizable t-shirts can make for a heart-warming present)

Outdoor Wear (e.g. hiking boots and their effectiveness, your favorite outdoor wear stores, outdoor wear savings, and what/when to buy items through out the various seasons)

Organic clothing

Yoga Clothing (e.g. and maybe certain accessories, or clothing preparations for a hot yoga session vs. a regular yoga session, where to buy the best most comfortable yoga clothing outfits)

Golf Attire (e.g. mention the importance of shoes and possible affects on performance, why dressing appropriately is honorable to the game of golf, and how it can help you fit in to different types of golf clubs and events)

Niche Ideas in the Food / Health / Nutrition SpaceFood and health section is one of the widest and most attended to concerns of people around the world. If there’s only one thing that could be taken care of, everyone would opt for food and health.This field has an extensive list of sub-niches that you may utilize in your web trading. What are these sub-niches and how can you utilize this niche?

Here they are:​

How to lose weight for men/women

Diet plans

Nutrition availability in various fruits and vegetables

Weight gaining techniques and diets

Harmful food items and drinks

Recipes for a variety of dishes

Muscle gaining and mass gaining diets

Natural treatments using controlled diets for ailments

Restaurants and food points that must be visited at least once

Best food points in your area

Special treats and recipes that are must to try

Seasonal essence of fruits and vegetables

Fitness exercises and diets

Gym routines and diet plans for various body types

Low carb-diets

Low fat diets

How To Lose Weight For Women (e.g. talk about specific diets, certain experiences, diet comparisons and the advantages and disadvantages of each, discuss new fads, learning to review marketed products)

How To Lose Weight For Men (e.g. discuss weight-lifting and protein supplements, gym experiences, lifting safety, gaining muscle vs. losing weight and ow they tend to conflict with one another, give your audience goals to work towards, maybe upload your own handmade spreadsheet that your visitors can digitally check off on each day, to get repeated visitors to your website.)

Cooking Recipes (e.g. a straight-forward, and well-defined niche, although you could narrow down your topic even further. You could focus on vegeterian recipes only, or both. However, the more targeted you narrow down your niche, the more-likely you’ll have higher user engagement on your website.)

Low Carbohydrate Diets (e.g. Paleo Diet, whether you’re looking to focus on one or two specific diets is really up to you. You can use this niche as an opportunity to review a lot of the diets out there being marketed, and giving your take on them; ex: do they simply seem too much of a marketing ploy, or is it legitimate? This is information people die to know!)

Low Fat Diets (e.g. write about why you prefer low fat diets over low carbohydrate diets. Do lower fat diets give you more energy then if you were to be on a low carb one? Possibly talk about diets that incorporate both fat and carbs.)

How to Get Stronger Abs (e.g. People searching for stronger abdominals on Google almost always precisely want information on that, and only that. Hence, you may feel while creating your website, online business, or whatever it is, to have your vision solely mirrored on six-pack abs. Find all the ab excercises you possibly can, and put it on your website. Find related products to sell. Really leverage this information, and for example maybe, have a certain featured ab exercise for the day, or week)

How to Gain More Muscle (e.g. Similar to above except this niche is a lot more wide-range. Hence, you’ll have to cover exercises concerning just about every tendon, ligament, and muscle of your body. This isn’t necessarily a bad niche to cover, as it will allow you to focus on a wider range of information. Thus, you can limit the amount of exercises, for example, having just 4-5 really great exercises for each body part)

Weight Loss Applications and Software (e.g. Here is a good niche, due to its current growth, especially with iPhones, tablets, and such. Hence, think about the type of apps, and software that could really help people in the whole weight loss battle. Give reviews of such applications and software, along with recommendations)

Weight Loss Books and Courses (e.g. This is straight-forward, but important nonetheless. Think of the many books being published on amazon and Kindle, even for free, that you can cover and review. You could even have an e-mail newsletter going out to your visitors of highly rated, newly-released, free to cheap books!)

Niche Ideas in the Computers AreaNow that almost everyone has a desktop or laptop, there are numerous niches that you may utilize for you website. People are always going to need computer based niches to get through their computing needs.Following are the sub-niches in this category:​

Protection from viruses, spywares and malwares

Best antivirus software

Which internet companies are preferred?

Email services and their pros and cons

Getting rid of spam mails and keeping your email accounts protected

How to keep yourself secure from hackers

Data backup and recovery tools

The most essential software’s you must have

Software giants (Microsoft, Adobe etc.) and their products

How to fix typical software and hardware issues

Which printers would suit your printing requirements?

Purchasing the right output device for your computer

Upgrading your computer for better performance

Graphic cards, Motherboards, Processors, Sound cards

Anti-Virus Softwares for Mac’s

Anti-Virus Softwares for PC’s

Different Kinds of Spyware Software

Computer Invasion Fraud & Prevention Techniques

Identity Theft Prevention

Computer Firewalls and Internet Routers

Different Types of Hacking

Wireless Network Securities

Honeypots & Honeynets, What are they? What do they mean?

Protecting and Backing Up Your Website – Best Ways of Doing so, why it’s so important.

How To Control E-mail and Comment Spam

Profitable Niche Business Ideas For Business Software

Business Plan Software (e.g. and why it’s essential to a business man or woman’s success)

Electronic Products and AppliancesPeople are often looking for fine advice and know-how about the electric appliances before they purchase them. This is a profitable niche for any website owner/blogger to choose.Here are the sub-niches and topics you can provide relevant to this niche:​

Cooling appliance such as refrigerators, air conditioners, fans, fridges (top manufacturers, prices, features and sizes)

Stoves and Ovens (e.g. How to replace your new stove? What kinds of stoves are out there..?)

Barbeques (e.g. talk about grills, how to throw a barbeque, how to barbeque, safety..)

Blenders (e.g. both handheld and countertop types)

Breadmakers (e.g. How they’re used, what they’re used for, reviews of the best & worst kinds) Electric Kettles (e.g. Why a person needs one these days!)

Waffle Irons (e.g. Do they make better waffles, or not? Which ones you recommend? Which ones you don’t?)

Countertop Grills

Various Water Coolers and Filtration Systems (e.g. How they work? Which one’s work effectively and which don’t?)

Home Décor and Relative AspectsPeople are always keen towards keeping their homes nice, tidy and well decorated. This niche can never go out of business as people always feel the need to improve their living standards and the way their homes and offices look.Here’s what you can include in this regard:​

Decoration pieces (Flower vases, corner pieces, decorative lights, photo frames, artistic décor, wall hangings) where to install them, how much do they cost, what are the preferred vendors.

Table cloth, table mats, books racks etc.

Tools For Gardening (e.g. the most effective, different types of gardening tools for various gardening activities, tools that have proved useless/useful in your own experience)

Manual Lawnmowers (e.g. the advantages of purchasing a lawnmower from the internet, the importance of going to a Home Depot or Lowes to look and inspect the lawnmower upon making a purchase, the significance of reviews, checking to see if the lawnmower has a a warranty on it or not, maybe talking about durability as well and the importance of looking at the purchase as an investment)
Growing Vegetables (e.g. fruits, carrots, and vegetables! talk about now only how healthy it is to grow your own vegetables for eating, but even the psychological affects it has on a person who’s interested in growing a garden, talk about the essentials necessary in growing a garden, and the required patience)
Fertilizers and Soil (e.g. the bad vs. the good kind)
Landscape Design (e.g. how it can and/or will improve the beauty of your entire house)
Ponds (e.g. benefits of living near a pond, pond activities)
Automated Sprinkler Systems (e.g. how much of a time-saver it can be than doing so manually, how to get them installed, best types of companies to use)
Hydroponics (e.g. explain how it works)
Perrenials
Do it Yourself Books (e.g. write your own reviews of the best and worst ones, talk about the places to buy them)

Media-related Niche Ideas
Image courtesy of Rendeeplumia at FreeDigitalPhotos.netMedia is an extensively vast term which comprises of majors like news, gossips, discussion forums, analysis debates, advertisements, movies, TV series, educational programs etc.It covers a lot of stuff that can be further divided into sub-niches.

These sub-niches have proved to be highly profitable in the website marketing field and they are highly preferred.​

News (the latest news, breaking news, celebrity news, what is going on in the sports sector, what have the scientists discovered or invented, what are the weather conditions, political situations around the world, record breaking events, award ceremonies etc.)

Advertisements (what are key elements of effective advertising, how balanced should the advertisement be between audio and visual aid, how to create sensible ads, how to make ads go viral…)

Movies and TV series (latest movie releases, Ratings for Movies and TV series, What shows/movies to watch, which movie/show made a fortune, top rankings)

Music (Top rated music artists, latest music singles, billboard ratings, top charts, highest grossing albums, which albums flopped and which went hit)

Educational programs (What are the most educating shows/channels, what should kids watch, learning about the nature and environment, online educational courses etc.)

Niche Ideas in the Dancing/Aerobics/Yoga Areas
Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.netNext to health, aerobics and physical activities like dancing and yoga attract most interest of the people. This is also a great niche to work on for gaining profits.People need to know stuff, they need to be guided and they can’t just go on and do it on their own. They are willing to pay for such guidance too.

Following are the sub-niches involved:​

Yoga (why is yoga healthy, best yoga techniques, how to create a fine yoga routine, following some of the best yoga teachers in your area)

Dancing (different dance styles and techniques, dos and don’ts of dancing, where to find suitable dance music, which dance choreographers to follow)

Education / LearningThough everything is about learning, yet education itself has numerous sub divisions that are considered essential niches for website owners and bloggers.Here’s how it is sub-divided and handled:​

Educational institutes (rankings of schools, colleges and universities, educational history and reputation of institutes, what institute should your children go to, affordable institutes etc.)

Extra tuitions (Where to get tuitions from, how to study after school/university, self-studying and group studying techniques)

Cellphones / Smartphones / Mobile Gadgets Niche IdeasThis is one of the most favourite niches around the world. Each and every household has at least 2-3 cell phones/smart phones and people are always keen towards upgrading to better models with improved technologies and features.This is one of the highest paying niches on the internet.​

Latest arrivals (what are the latest cell phones/smart phones available, what features should you go for, what brand provides a better experience, which smart phone is the new trend etc.)

Used Cell phones (sale and purchase of used cell phones, prices of used cell phones, depreciation values, demand, condition etc.)

Niche Ideas in the Online Marketing SpaceThe internet or online marketing niche, and its sub-niches, is one of the most competitive niches today. However, there are still hundreds of bloggers and marketers earning a full time income in this niche.So, if you wanna be one of them, here are a bunch of ideas you can choose from:​

Profitable Niche Ideas For Tobacco#1. Cigarettes (e.g., a story of how you, your sister, friend, or relative quit, maybe try to keep it optimistic, depending on how you want to approach this topic and what you’re aiming for, but also talk about alternatives for quitting such as the new, and fast-growing e-cig industry, compare the health issues and benefits of switching)

#2. Cigars (e.g. the best cuban cigars, why some are illegal and facts of as to how that came about, and the history behind it, discuss its historical use, and how it’s been enjoyed by many figures in our past, also talk about potential health hazards and possible cigar addiction)

#3. Smoke shops (e.g. how to open one, benefits of having a retail vs. online store, or maybe even both, explain the investment costs, and how to best profit out of opening a smoke shop)

#4. Humidors (e.g. explain what they are, why they are important for cigars, and how better humidors lead to a longer-lasting inventory, and savings in overall costs. Talk about the numerous benefits of investing wisely from the start, as well as how to about properly maintaining them)

Lighters (e.g. you could talk about bricks versus generic lighters, you can open your own online e-commerce shop selling lighters with various logo’s on them, which could be very profitable by the way)

Electronic Cigarettes (e.g. this is a very big niche overall, and very rapid growing, in order to stand out among the crowds, you should think about affiliating yourself with the many various E-cig programs out there, and reviewing each and every one of them. That way when people go to purchase, you’re able to make commission off each sale. Hence, a somewhat sort of alternative to the lighter niche example mentioned above)

Cigar Cutters (e.g. you can become an affiliate for this niche actually, and show and talk about the thousands of various cigar cutters out there, that literally range from pennies, to a thousand dollars, for a simple cutter! Now if that can’t get your audience’s attention, something’s wrong)

Ash Trays (e.g. from glass to metal, various styles, and designs, maybe discuss and compare vintage and antique ashtrays, while simultaneously incorporating them into a lighter/cigar/cigar cutter online type commerce shop! I’m sure there’s not too many of those out there)

Stop Smoking Products (e.g. the different kinds, patches versus pills, and the costs.. use ecigarretes as a “alternate method”)

Stop Smoking Services (e.g. employ a forum, discussion, or community, open up your own service where people can go from the luxury of their computer to talk about issues and get help for them as well)

Profitable Niche Ideas For Dance & Performing ArtsPerforming Magic (e.g. How to make a career out of it, How to get yourself known through social media portals, How to learn magic, How the best magicians came to be the best; their qualities, how they practiced, certain acquired skills, and talents)

#2. Circus Clowing
Dance Recitals (e.g. Performing your best in front of an audience, Tips and advice on how to rest and relax the night before, How to give it your all, Talk about historical dancer’s and their lifestyle, what made them unique, what was it that made them perform so well, talk about their initial fears as well to help best relate with your readers, and give them the ultimate confidence to overcome it all)

Juggling (e.g. Why some people can juggle and other’s can not, How it may be more relative to the way your right and left brain hemispheres work and coordinate with each other just as it is in terms physically, How practice leads to perfection, and videos, tips, advice on how to practice)

Theatre (e.g. Should drama be my college major? What happens if I graduate with no job as the result, Talk about potentially using it as a minor instead, and majoring in perhaps something where there are wider career opportunities)

#6. Ballroom Dance (e.g. Who started it? Why are there are certain steps to it? How it’s evolved into today’s hip-hop and jazz type dances..)

#7. Gymnastics (e.g. It can be for boys too! Why do you think some guys can do backflips, and front flips so effortlessly… Are they indeed hiding a certain youthful “embarrassment?”)

Square Dancing (e.g. Incorporate this style of dancing with other similar dances, and explain how it evolved)

Irish Step (e.g. So your saying, this did start in Ireland afterall, correct?!)

Dancing Shoes (e.g. Why you can’t dance without proper shoe lacing!)

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1. A Day In The Life Of You – With a Notepad And a Pen.
Carry a notepad around for a day and take note of everything that happens, things you hear, read and talk about and any issues you have in the day. Guaranteed you’ll have a nice long niche market ideas list.2. Look at Your Hobbies And Interests. [Recommended]
These are often the best niches to enter in IF they are able to be monetized as you already know a lot about it and are passionate.
If your hobby is rock collecting then perhaps not but if you’re into a popular sport or activities which you spend lots of money on then it’s likely there’s a lot of other people out there who do the same.
And taking it a step further, you could go to either Amazon or eBay and check out what they recommend to you (based on your browsing / shopping history with them).
These are usually best sellers and stuff that really sells well.

3. Look at Your Problems And Challenges (Health, Life, Dating, Money etc)
What problems do you face on a day to day basis?
What health issues do you have?
Any other issues like relationships or money?
Other people do too and your advice could be valuable to them.
Problem niches are the most profitable.

4. Watch the news, TV & Documentaries
The news is an excellent source for finding out about obscure niches you’d never hear of otherwise.
I’ve discovered untapped sleep disorder niches from watching the news in recent months.
I don’t specifically watch the news to find niches but I pay attention whenever it’s on.
Also documentaries and TV shows offer insights into popular topics.
If someone is willing to spend millions on a TV show it has to be a popular and profitable niche.
And you don’t need much time to become an expert in any niche.
In fact, you only need 4 weeks as Chelsea proves here on how you can become an expert in any niche within 4 weeks.

5. Massive Niche List WordPress Plugin [SADLY THIS PLUGIN IS NO LONGER ON SALE]
This is a game changing plugin for WordPress that I bought (see receipt image below).

You upload to your site and it gives you a massive database list of over 350,000 niches and sub-niches with Google monthly search volumes, CPC estimates and Google Insight direct links.
It blew my mind when I bought it and it still does as I’m able to pick a category (say like Arts & Crafts or Fitness & Weight for example) and instantly discover 100’s of actual niches and see how many people are searching for that term every month.

6. Amazon.com [Recommended]
Being the largest online retailer in the world you can find just about anything and everything on sale on Amazon.
By browsing the various categories of products available you can find niche ideas.
Each category is a potential niche.
And each category has sub-niches.
Many of these obscure sub-niches have thousands of product on sale and that sell well.
Check their ‘best selling’ feature for what’s currently hot OR automate the process of finding high volume products with high price tags by using AmaSuites.Amazon.com

7. Clickbank [Recommended]

Clickbank.com is the digital online retailer equivalent of Amazon.
They sell digital products and if you browse through the categories just like on Amazon you’ll be able to drill down into sub-categories, these are all potential niches and you’ll find stuff you never realized existed.Clickbank

8. Jvzoo
JVZoo.com is another digital market place much like Clickbank.
Again browsing through the categories and drilling down into sub-categories gives you potential ideas.Jvzoo

9. ShareASale
This affiliate network has thousands of online retailers from big name brands and businesses to boutique online stores.
Browsing through the various categories and retailers will give you lots of ideas.ShareASale

10. Commission Junction
Much like ShareASale, Commission Junction have thousands of online retailers both global and boutique brands.
Browsing through the categories and sub-categories will give you website ideas.CJ.com

11. Stumbleupon [Recommended]
Stumbleupon allows you to find webpages you like based on your interests. You can browse through the categories or ‘stumble’ your way through websites to see what niches you can find.Stumbleupon

12. Yahoo Trending
Yahoo Trending shows what’s trending in the news that day and can be a great place to find hot new niches ready to be exploited.Yahoo

13. FindAForum [Recommended]
FindAForum.net only adds the most popular forums to their site and 2 of the most popular happen to be a Skyscraper and a Tractor forum, both markets I would never have thought of.
You can also use the ‘random’ tool to find random forums.FindAForum

14. Twitter Trending
Twitter shows that is currently ‘trending’ (popular) on Twitter, i.e. what people are talking about.
Great for finding hot new niches.Twitter

15. Google Trends
Google Trends gives up to date information on what people are searching for. You can look at general searches or browse by category. Click on a category and it allows you to drill down further and see more information.Google Trends

16. Flippa [Recommended]
Flippa.com is a website for selling profitable websites. You can see which websites have sold and get an idea of which are money makers.Flippa

17. Magazine.com [Recommended]
Magazine.com lists real life Magazines that are on sale in all categories. You know if there’s a magazine on the subject it’s a profitable niche as publishing companies won’t publish magazines they can’t make money from.Magazine.com
Browse through the categories for ideas.

18. Technorati
Technorati.com is a blog aggregator.
You can search for top 100 blogs, browse by category or enter keywords and see what blogs are available.
If there’s already blogs on the subject that’s definitely a good thing.Technorati

19. Ebay Popular
Ebay Popular shows what is currently selling well.
Both by random items and by category.
Good way to find popular products and markets.Ebay Popular

20. Google News [Recommended]
Google News is a good way to find upcoming markets and products that you could jump into before they’ve became over saturated.
Go to Google News and type in “announced” and you’ll find pages of results talking about announced events, products, movies and more.
You’ll have your own niche market ideas list in no time.Google News

22. Google Suggest
Google Suggest works simply by going to Google.com and entering a letter or word then looking at the suggestions Google gives you.
If you have some general niche ideas you can enter it in and see what else Google suggests to you.

23. Google Wildcard Search
Google Wildcard Search is an under used Google search feature.
Go to Google.com and type in any keyword followed by *. (i.e. “niche research *”) and it will bring up random keyword phrases that start with “niche research” then a random keyword.

24. Google Keyword Planner

Google Keyword Planner can be used to find keywords.
You can either give it a general keyword and ask it to bring back similar keywords (you can find sub-niches) or enter a website URL and see what keywords it is ranking for.

25. LongTailPro [Recommended]
LongTailPro is an advanced keyword tool that helps you find money making keywords.
You can give it your niche ideas and it will quickly find you low competition and highly profitable keywords that will convert into sales.Grab a copy of LongTailPro from here.

26. Ubersuggest
Ubersuggest.org will bring back A to Z search results from Google if you give it a base keyword.
So you can give it your keyword ideas and see what results it comes back with.
All of these can become your own niche market ideas list.UberSuggest

27. Lycos
Lycos shows a selection of recently trending topics and searches which are all potential profitable markets.Lycos

28. Shopping.com
Shows popular shopping pages. If people are buying you know it’s a profitable niche.Shopping.com

30. Delicious Popular
Popular stories from around the net featured on Delicious.comDelicious Popular

31. Habitica
Habitica is a habit building and productivity app that treats your goals like a game, and it’s free.Habitica(P.S. If you’d like to download a free list of 1,781 profitable niches then click here or the image below)

32. BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed writes about popular things that are currently ‘buzzing’ – tons of profitable ideas.BuzzFeed

36. Digg
Things on the internet that people ‘digg’ – if it’s popular it’s likely a hot market.Digg

37. Reddit [Recommended]
Reddit.com calls it’s self the first page of the internet and has thousands of sub-reddits (or niches) you can browse through to get ideas.
You can also look at what the most popular current topics are.Reddit

38. Craigslist
Browsing through it’s categories and sub-categories and looking at topics bring up thousands of ideas.Craigslist

39. Boredpanda
They blog about current hot topics and bizarre things. You’ll learn about stuff you’d never heard of here before.Boredpanda

40. Wikipedia
Literally has information on everything on Wiki. Go search and browse.Wikipedia

41. YouTube
Browsing through YT’s video categories bring up thousands of sub-niches.
If there’s a lot of videos you’ve found a popular topic.YouTube

42. Facebook
Look at what the hot topics are on FB, see what your friends are sharing and liking and look at the adverts.Facebook.com

43. Listal
Lists about everything and anything, see the potential here?Listal

44. HowStuffWorks
A great site to find out about subjects you likely never knew about. If there’s a topic on here it means there’s a demand for it and where there is a demand there is a niche.HowStuffWorks

45. Learn Stuff
If people are wanting to learn about it then it’s a potential niche waiting to be explored.LearnStuff

46. Watching Shopping Channels Like QVC
QVC and other shopping channels are still big business and you’ll often hear about products on here before anywhere else.QVC

47. Watching Late Night Infomercials
Yes they still exist and again you can hear about products and markets you would never knew existed.

48. WordStream
Give it your niche ideas and it will give you keyword ideas that could be potential niche ideas.WordStream

49. What Is Your Job Or Subject Of Study?
If you have a job or are studying there’s a good chance you have skills or knowledge others do not and would be interested to find out.

50. WikiHow
WikiHow explains how to do almost everything and anything.
Go browse around the various topics and see what people are explaining how to do.WikiHow

51. Fiverr.com
Now one of the most popular sites and market places on the internet.
Simply looking at what people are selling and browsing through categories give hundreds of services that can be offered.Fiverr

52. About
About.com literally tells you about everything.
A few minutes browsing through the topics reveals lots of potential niches.About

53. Yahoo Answers [Recommended]
If someone is asking a question it’s likely they are not the only one who wants to know the answer.
Where there are questions there are problems and potential solutions. .

54. Quora
Another Q&A site that tends to have more intelligent question.Quora

55. Rebel Mouse
Rebel Mouse allows users to syndicate content from website and social media from around the web. There are tons of useful hubs of information here.
It’s a perfect place to generate your own niche market ideas list.Rebel Mouse

56. Udemy
Udemy.com is a digital market place for business courses.
Look at which courses are selling well and you’ve got an in demand niche.Udemy

57. Lynda
Lynda.com is another online business market place, simply checking what courses are selling well and highly rated gives insights into profitable products.Lynda

58. For Dummies Books
If there’s a For Dummies book on a subject then you can guarantee it’s a profitable venture.

95. Target.com
Lots of products on sale at this huge online retailer.Target.com

96. AddThis.com
Allows users to add things they like to the site. When someone likes something they’ll usually spend money on.AddThis

97. Google Plus
Check out the Google + circles for hot topics.

98. Meetup.com [Recommended]
Meetup.com lists real life local meet ups on variety of subjects.
If people are willing to meet up in real life for something they are passionate about it.
Passion = a profitable niche.Meetup